Caption: Relating to the authority of a co-owner of residential property to encumber the property.Author: WestBill HistoryBill Text

Relevance: This bill allows a co-owner of residential property claimed as the co-owner's homestead to place a lien on the property in certain circumstances. The debt secured by the lien would be solely the obligation of the co-owner, but other co-owners could not repudiate or disaffirm the lien. This bill is intended to permit a co-owner who has paid all of the taxes on a property to create a lien to improve or preserve that property without the consent of other co-owners. This could come in handy in the case of property passing by intestacy to multiple heirs where only one heir occupies the property.

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